Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party

Bureau The day-to-day management of the ALDE Party is handled by the Bureau, the members of which are: == Presidents ==

• 1978–1981: Gaston Thorn • 1981–1985: Willy De Clercq • 1985–1990: Colette Flesch • 1990–1995: Willy De Clercq • 1995–2000: Uffe Ellemann-Jensen • 2000–2005: Werner Hoyer • 2005–2011: Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck • 2011–2015: Graham Watson • 2015–2021: Hans van Baalen • 2021–2024: Timmy Dooley Ilhan Kyuchyuk co-presidents • 2024–present: Svenja Hahn == History of pan-European liberalism ==

Pan-European liberalism has a long history dating back to the foundation of Liberal International in April 1947. On 26 March 1976, the Federation of Liberal and Democrat Parties in Europe was established in Stuttgart. The founding parties of the federation were the Free Democratic Party of Germany, Radical Party of France, Venstre of Denmark, Italian Liberal Party, Dutch People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and Democratic Party of Luxembourg. Observer members joining later in 1976 were the Danish Social Liberal Party, French Radical Party of the Left and Independent Republicans, British Liberal Party, and Italian Republican Party. == Funding ==

As a registered European political party, ALDE is entitled to European public funding, which it has received continuously since 2004. Below is the evolution of European public funding received by ALDE. In line with the Regulation on European political parties and European political foundations, ALDE also raises private funds to co-finance its activities. As of 2025, European parties must raise at least 10% of their reimbursable expenditure from private sources, while the rest can be covered using European public funding. Below is the evolution of contributions and donations received by the ALDE. == European Commissioners ==

Members from ALDE Party political family contribute five out of the 27 members of the European Commission: == Elected representatives of member parties ==

European institutions European Council In third countries Through its associate and observer parties ALDE has two heads of state or government in non-EU countries: National parliaments of European Union member states National parliaments outside the European Union == Membership ==

As of January 2026 ALDE party had 55 full member and ten affiliated parties from EU and non-EU countries. Only delegates from full members of the ALDE Party and its youth wing LYMEC, together with the delegates of the ALDE Party Supporters and ALDE Party Bureau members, are permitted to vote at the ALDE Congress and Council. Affiliated member parties have non-voting delegates. Full members Affiliated members Former members Individual members ALDE also includes a number of individual members. For many years, ALDE had the largest number of individual members of all European parties; however, this membership was discontinued with only one individual member remaining as of 2024. As most other European parties, it has not sought to develop mass individual membership. Below is the evolution of individual membership of ALDE since 2019. == Election results ==

European Parliament == See also ==